New to MacBooks and want some info! Please

Hi,

You may find these Links of Interest and Value...

Show me how to set up my Mac.

http://www.apple.com/support/mac101/

http://www.apple.com/support/switch101/ Switching from PC

Find Out How (Video)

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

Enjoy your Mac...🙂

keyboard shortcuts

Yes, that visit to Amazon.com to buy Mac OS X Lion All-in-One For Dummies [Book] and Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual - O'Reilly Media,

More links...

Mac essentials http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2477

PC to Mac video http://support.apple.com/kb/VI207

Two finger tap on any word to bring up a dictionary / thesaurus:

Once you have that you can't live without it.

Screenshot: ⌘ option 3 takes a screenshot of the whole screen

⌘ option 4 to drag a selection box (press the spacebar to select just a window)

Open QuickTime Player to make a screen recording: it's in the File menu

AirDrop

Keep an icon in the Dock: when you launch an app that isn't in the Dock drag its icon away from the Dock and right back in again. It will stay there.

Use full screen mode for the apps that support it. Gives you a bit more room to work with. You get used to it.

Hide the Dock - same idea

Safari - show the Develop menu in the menubar. Then you can select whatever user agent you want. A website stupidly demands Windows Exploder before it loads? No problem.

Screen sharing: You can share a screen or even control another computer on your LAN. If was sleeping, the other computer will wake up. You can even control another user's account on the remote computer, even if that user is not logged in. How cool is that?

iChat remote screen sharing for when Grandma can't remember how to do something on her Mac

I've only been using these things for 27 years and they keep adding new features, so I still discover new ones.

Oh and one more thing. The following is a comprehensive list of the anti-virus software you need:

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I would defintely set up Hot Corners (move the mouse to a corner to activate a feature selected from a list). System Preferences > Mission Control > Hot Corners.

John Galt, greetings: ......and I have installed everyone of them. Many thanks. Superb advice.

Ciao.

Yeah I'm glad I bought a new Dell Latitude notebook and still have my 9+ year old Dell i8200 notebook along with my main Win 7 desktop.

Good Luck and best wishes.

PS watch out for the Jave trojan.

JoeMang wrote:

Im still kind of confused with installing the things your telling me

What do you need help with?

Just to let you know, if you live near an Apple store, they have a one to one program to teach you about the ins and outs of Apple MBPs. There is a fee but it may be a better option than trying to learn via this medium.

Ciao.

Lower Left - start screen saver. You can require a password to wake from Screen Saver so this is a quick way to lock your computer if you step away for a moment

Lower Right - disable screen saver. Good for you are watching a long video on a website.

Upper Right - nothing, since I use Spotlight so often

Upper Left - show desktop

With Lion's gestures, Hot Corners are less relevant than they used to be though.

AirDrop - open AirDrop on two computers, you can just drag files from one to another.

+1 for Apple's one-to-one, they will be able to judge your experience and tailor their presentation to your level. Money well spent. Here you will have to search for help, most of it is good, some less so, a lot of it is total hogwash. Free and worth every cent.